Data & API

All FCV Index valuations are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. Credit "Source: FCV Index (footballclubvaluations.com)" and link to the club page.

Downloads

One row per club: value, range, grade, ranks, scenario values and probabilities, revenue, multiple, squad value, stadium, owner and filed-accounts summary. Dated snapshots are kept so values can be compared over time.

JSON API

Read-only, no key needed. All responses carry the valuation date, licence and a citation.

GET https://footballclubvaluations.com/api/v1/meta.json
GET https://footballclubvaluations.com/api/v1/clubs.json              all clubs, summary fields
GET https://footballclubvaluations.com/api/v1/clubs/middlesbrough.json one club, full record
GET https://footballclubvaluations.com/api/v1/leagues.json
GET https://footballclubvaluations.com/api/v1/desirability.json       Desirability Index, English 92
GET https://footballclubvaluations.com/api/v1/news.json
GET https://footballclubvaluations.com/api/v1/openapi.json            OpenAPI 3.1 description

For AI assistants and agents

FCV runs an MCP server so assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT can look up club valuations directly. Tools: get_club_valuation, search_clubs, compare_clubs, league_rankings, most_valuable_clubs, desirability_rankings, get_methodology.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fcv-index": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.footballclubvaluations.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

A plain-text summary for language models is at /llms.txt, with every club's value in /llms-full.txt.

How to cite